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Today’s Topic Glass & Aluminum. Recycled Pollution Aluminum cans and glass can be recycled indefinitely Recycling glass generates 20% less air pollution.

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1 Today’s Topic Glass & Aluminum

2 Recycled Pollution Aluminum cans and glass can be recycled indefinitely Recycling glass generates 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution Recycling aluminum reduces pollution by 95% Source: Earth911.comEarth911.com © Allison14 | Dreamstime.comAllison14e.com Source: A Recycling Revolution A Recycling Revolution Source: Earth911.comEarth911.com © 2012 ECOS Education LLC

3 A Valued Resource The aluminum can is the most valuable recycled container and is 100% recyclable The aluminum industry pays over 800 million dollars for empty aluminum cans each year Source: Earth911.comEarth911.com © 2012 ECOS Education LLC

4 How Metal Gets Recycled http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGJdjwD-OCc © 2012 ECOS Education LLC

5 Recycling Aluminum Saves Energy Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours Recycled aluminum save 95% energy vs. virgin aluminum Source: Earth911.comEarth911.com © Monkey Business Images | Dreamstime.comMonkey Business Images © 2012 ECOS Education LLC

6 Recycling Glass Saves Energy Recycling one glass container saves enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for 4 hours Recycled glass saves 50% energy vs. virgin glass = © Allison14 | Dreamstime.comAllison14e.com Source: Earth911.comEarth911.com © 2012 ECOS Education LLC © Artem Gorohov | Dreamstime.com

7 How Glass Gets Recycled http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzlZwCP4HiY © 2012 ECOS Education LLC

8 Did You Know? An aluminum can that is thrown away will still be a can 500 years from now! We use over 80 billion aluminum soda cans every year! Glass will never decompose. Glass today will be glass in millions of years. Source: A Recycling Revolution Source: Wiki.anwers.comWiki.anwers.com © fstockfoto | Dreamstime.comfstockfoto.com © 2012 ECOS Education LLC

9 Recycled Glass Recycled glass is used to make new glass containers but it can also be used in kitchen tiles, counter tops, wall insulation and roads. Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) © Olga Popova | Dreamstime.comOlga Popovacom © 2012 ECOS Education LLC

10 Challenge Questions © Madmaxer | Dreamstime.comMadmaxerme.com 1.Think of 5 ways you could reuse a pickle jar (hint: store popcorn kernels) 2.What would you do if you were at a baseball game and had a glass bottle or aluminum can and you could not find a recycle bin? What would you do with them? © 2012 ECOS Education LLC

11 Educate & Act™ Environmental Education Program Brought to you by ECOS Education LLC Educating Children On Sustainability For Classroom Use Only Version 1.0 © 2012 ECOS Education LLC

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